Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Newport; On-site; GBP 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Newport seeks a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to handle both planned and reactive maintenance for state-of-the-art equipment. Candidates should have a recognized engineering qualification and experience in industrial maintenance. Benefits include a competitive salary, training opportunities, excellent pension, and additional perks.

Benefits

OEM Training

Pension Contribution

Life Assurances

Employee Perks

Overtime opportunities

Qualifications

• Maintenance experience within an industrial environment.
• Experience in FMCG, Heavy Industry, Manufacturing, Food, and Packaging.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned and reactive maintenance on site equipment.
• Work with Three Phase Motors, sensors, relays, and more.
• Read electrical schematics and utilize test equipment.

Skills

Electrical Fault-Finding skills

Mechanical Fault-Finding skills

Teamwork

Education

Recognised Engineering Qualification

Tools

Electrical test equipment

CMMS

Job description

Role– Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Salary– £58,400

Location– Newport

Shift Pattern– 3 Shift Pattern - Days, Afternoons and Nights

Benefits– OEM Training, Pension Contribution, Life Assurances and Employee Perks

The Company

A well established and reputable company whose turnover is in the millions, which in turn offers incredible stability and security within the industry. As a market leader that is constantly evolving and growing as a business, they have invested over £26m over the last few years to bring in new assets with some of the latest automation and technology to site. They provide bespoke and high‑quality products to meet the unique needs across various industries, with a healthy and growing order book meaning there may be more investments to keep up with demand. As what they do is niche, they have onsite training as well as putting their engineers through external qualifications. They believe in investing in the business as well as their people to keep them above there competition.

The Role

Your day‑to‑day responsibilities as a Maintenance Engineer will include:

• Working as part of a team of engineers, responsible for the planned and reactive maintenance and service of all the state‑of‑the‑art kit on site, as well as continuous improvement tasks.
• Working on Three Phase Motors, working in panels with sensors, relays, contactors, invertors, fuses, power supplies, breakers, switches
• Reading through electrical schematics, utilizing electrical test equipment such as multi‑meters and fault finding on panels.
• Mechanically – replacing worn out parts on the conveyors which will include rollers, bearings and pulleys.
• Also working on Gearboxes, Shafts, Belts, Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems
• Swapping both electrical and mechanical components like for like with the odd strip and rebuild project,
• Working with latest technology working with a CMMS utilising the tablet‑based PPM and reactive work

The Person

To be successful in your application for a Maintenance Engineer you will need, but not limited to;

• A Recognised Engineering Qualification, or equivalent
• Maintenance experience within an industrial environment including FMCG, Heavy Industry, Manufacturing, Food, and Packaging environment.
• Electrical or Mechanical Fault‑Finding skills, looking at Root Cause Analysis
• PLC or Controls experience would be advantageous but not mandatory.
• Able to work well within a team and help support colleagues on shift

The Benefits

As a Maintenance Engineer, you should expect:

• You will be joining a highly successful £multi‑million company who can offer a massive amount of stability and security.
• Opportunity for progression both technically and Excellent Training programme, putting your interests at the heart of your progression
• Fantastic salary and benefits package.
• Overtime opportunities
• Good Pension Contribution
• Other Employee Perks

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.